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Central Park

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17-acre recreational facility includes paths, athletic fields, a playground & a recreational center. People often mention park, courts, Great, great, Atlanta, basketball, space, festival, tennis, Nice,


Address

400 Merritts Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, United States

Contact

+1 404-874-1780

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (828 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 8 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 8 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 8 pm
  • Friday: 11 am to 8 pm
  • Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm
  • Sunday: Closed

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: park (43) courts (18) Great (16) great (13) Atlanta (12) basketball (11) space (9) festival (9) tennis (8) Nice (7)
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  • 5/5 Will Brown I. 2 years ago on Google • 121 reviews
    Great space that's easy to get around. Tennis courts, outdoor gym, Hawks' sponsored basketball courts, baseball diamonds and soccer fields. Even some space for picnics. All in a compact space with plenty of tree canopy.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Chandria W. 5 years ago on Google • 80 reviews
    It's a park in the city. Great. Problem is concerts are becoming a norm here. I went for One Music Fest. Its difficult to see in the crowd if you are short on a flat surface. There aren't any restrooms so you have to use a porta potty. Where can ppl wash their hands? They dont. The park is large enough to have 2 stages allowing multiple acts to entertain at the same time. OMF was awesome but go back to Lakewood. Every view is good there and it's worth the fee for 2 days. Will I go back to this park for a concert? I would but it's so hard to find a parking spot. Lakewood is better. IJS.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Francisco M. 5 years ago on Google
    Nice little park with a lot of amenities. There are some very good tennis and basketball courts. Also a baseball and a couple of small football fields. There's a little park with slides bd monkey bars for small kids. The only thing is that there's not a soccer field. I think this city underestimates how many people would appreciate small soccer pitches around for 5 v 5 pick up games. Also no place close by to buy some water or food
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Thomson M. 2 years ago on Google • 81 reviews
    Central Park doesn't look like much in Google Maps, so I was pleasantly surprised how great a venue this place was for the Shaky Knees Music Festival. Otherwise, without all the stages, bars and people everywhere, this park is pretty much an average looking piece of green space in the middle of Atlanta. There aren't many amenities here other than some grass and baseball fields.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lysh S. 5 years ago on Google • 37 reviews
    Came here for a music festival and it was great! The park is large with lots of space for events or just to vibe or for a picnic. It's in the center of a neighborhood that looked pretty safe. There are lots of trees and grassy areas to lay out. There are no amenities though like public restrooms, or at least i didn't see any.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tony B. 3 years ago on Google
    I really like this area I been living in this area for over 15 years and have seen this flip all the way round when some of the residence was even scared to come inside this park because so much drug user was going as we're going on and I see how this side of community is is enjoying this park and plus they are building new apartment complex and new family home and it's walking distance to the grocery stores and pharmacy to and yes I'm still here still today...
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Erica R. 6 years ago on Google • 354 reviews
    Nice park I grew up around there and it's a lot to do.Great church close by

  • 5/5 Jarvis L. 10 months ago on Google • 49 reviews
    Enjoyed the Re:Set festival in Central Park. Well managed, lots of restrooms, short vendor lines, and good sound. Central Park itself could be better situated in transit, but overall it wasn't too difficult to access.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Emily S. 1 year ago on Google
    Poorly maintained. Literally crumbling. Benches are missing seats at the tennis courts, trash cans are jacked up, trash all over. Watch out for dung. Bleachers were unseated weeks ago and moved across the field, with a pile of nuts and bolts dumped in the grass. Piles of leaves have taken over parts of sidewalks. Low lying areas become pure mud in rain. Would be an amazing place if it were actually maintained like the other parks. Updated: lots of reviews stating how great this park is as a venue for Shaky Knees. That’s one week a year in which the park is closed off to locals (the close off the park days before and after the festival). That’s a curated version of the park and not the experience locals get.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lisa H. 2 years ago on Google
    I love Central Park it has four basketball court and six tennis courts and a baseball field and a great workout or if you're just starting out it's a great place to go
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 mercerc23 1 year ago on Google • 5 reviews
    My first time attending carnival in Atlanta was terrible. I spent $150 (plus tax) for VIP admission and it was a scam. General admission and VIP had the same entrance. We had to wait in line with hundreds of other people, had to demand to be let in because it wanted to close the line, not enough seating for food/drinks/seating. The concert was supposed to end at 11pm but ended around 4pm. I won’t be coming back next year or ever but do better for others that would like to experience Carnival.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mateo A. 2 years ago on Google
    Beautiful park. Not too crowded. Has basketball courts, tennis courts, and a lot of open space. Take some friends and have a park day!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mike L. 1 year ago on Google
    Large spacious park that is kept clean. Great tennis courts!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Charles W. 11 months ago on Google
    Great venue for Shaky Knees!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vladlen P. 6 years ago on Google
    Good place to launch drone Be aware of bunch of homeless people Do not leave your kids alone
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Christopher V P. 2 years ago on Google
    A nice place to launch my drone but be watchful of helicopters 🚁.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 MarieElizabeth C. 4 years ago on Google
    Quiet Safe Clean Security walks and ride's By.Basketball.Tennis.Great Place to enjoy GOD'S BEAUTIFUL WORK'S..
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Laura B. 4 years ago on Google
    My usual go to spot for open fields and what not. I'm also glad they renovated the tennis courts recently, so they are pristine. Parking is decent on the street. There isn't a dedicated lot
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Kwiz j. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice atmosphere
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kyle S. 4 years ago on Google • 73 reviews
    Great local park. Not as packed as the larger Piedmont Park up there road, but still a large amount of fields and great basketball courts

  • 4/5 Elitha S. 4 years ago on Google • 31 reviews
    Shaky Knees concert was great in central park. The multi stage set up was ideal and the staff was very helpful every moment of the event. The only downside was the amount of hills and root-ridden areas that became difficult to navigate especially in the rain.

  • 2/5 channon m. 6 months ago on Google • 25 reviews
    Purchased 4 tickets to the SoSo Def 30th Anniversary festival here and showed up only to find it empty. No information no communication no festival and no way to get refunds

  • 5/5 James W. 10 months ago on Google
    What a wonderful experience with family 4 generations Shakey knees music festival

  • 4/5 Mary B. 4 years ago on Google
    Cool place

  • 3/5 Jason H. 4 years ago on Google
    Tons of potential but can be a bit scary after dusk.

  • 5/5 Tim T. 4 years ago on Google
    It's ok i go by their all the time never been to it

  • 5/5 Brian O. 4 years ago on Google
    My favorite park from hood to riches. Hard to beat the age of the trees in this park. Well done Atlanta.

  • 3/5 David G. 8 months ago on Google
    Great time at the Be Out Day Atlanta! Parking was rough. Atlanta PD Officers on duty could have made parking/traffic flow less hectic, but opted not to.

  • 3/5 Bradford T. 4 years ago on Google
    It's not a park, it's a fenced in dirt lot

  • 5/5 Felix Guadalupe B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I was a helper of my job, which is a contractor for the state of Georgia. It was a great experience. (Original) Fui en ayudante de mi yesno q es contratista del estado Georgia fue una gran experiencia

  • 5/5 najee b. 4 years ago on Google
    Clean area. Good space and room for family events

  • 5/5 Reggie S. 4 years ago on Google
    Not crowded at all

  • 5/5 Kerker S. 2 years ago on Google
    Great shakes knees foo fighters concert took my husband and he rocked on!

  • 4/5 Eddie C. 2 years ago on Google
    Big, nice and spacious park. Best park I've seen this far. Has 4 basketball courts and big open spaces and walking trails. Nice scenery

  • 3/5 William H. 2 years ago on Google
    I went over to the basketball courts...and no lights...the city should do something about that. Who knows the next great player may want to be out there

  • 5/5 Mike T. 2 years ago on Google
    Great park for basketball. Over the last few years, the city and surrounding metro area has rehabbed all the basketball courts so that you dont have to play on hard concrete. They also show off the hawks logo to give a little extra city pride. There were 4 basketball courts, and a playground. Great center piece for the community!

  • 5/5 Ronald B. 11 months ago on Google
    Go there for Shaky Knees music festival each May. Nice park

  • 3/5 Victorious V. 2 years ago on Google
    Pretty calm and decent park. But they really need landscaping to be kept up with

  • 5/5 Matteo Miari F. 11 months ago on Google
    Great park to play basketball or tennis. I always find free courts and people playing there are always very nice.

  • 3/5 Anna B. 1 year ago on Google
    The upper field is mostly dirt. Probably because Atlanta desperately needs more parks. Lots of groups practicing flag football and sometimes there's organized ultimate frisbee at nights (usually Tuesday or Wednesday)

  • 5/5 Calvin D. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing as always. Incredible menu already but updated to give us new adventures. Best grits in the world. Hands down.

  • 4/5 Nathan B. 4 years ago on Google
    Central Park is great little park in Atlanta good place to have gathering

  • 5/5 Mike N. 4 years ago on Google
    My three-year-old loved the zoo, had an amazing time!

  • 4/5 Eman G. 4 years ago on Google
    Atlanta Jazz Festival 2019. Great music, food and fun!

  • 4/5 zaffa D. 5 years ago on Google
    Went for the OneMusic Fest. Great location. Park is well shaded. The festival was very organized.

  • 4/5 Paul R. 4 years ago on Google
    Quite a nice park. I'm glad the city is investing in the fields and the courts. The pavement within the park might be lacking a bit, and there can be some unsavory elements, but for the most part, this is a park I feel lucky to have close to my house.

  • 4/5 Angus B. 3 years ago on Google
    This is a huge, largely underused park. Lots of open space to play team sports or have a large gathering.

  • 5/5 saurabh a. 3 years ago on Google
    Its a lovely park with vast grounds for sports and general family outing. There are 4 tennis courts where we played to our hearts content. Parking is available towards the rear side of the park.

  • 4/5 Mandy S. 3 years ago on Google
    It was ok

  • 5/5 Alecia D. 3 years ago on Google
    Customer service is always great!

  • 5/5 Dennis M. 3 years ago on Google
    Best park in the world

  • 5/5 Chakuana U. 3 years ago on Google
    Very nice and scenery is impeccable

  • 3/5 unpopular s. 3 years ago on Google
    Didn't do much but everything and everyone seem to mind their business and keep distance

  • 5/5 Sandemara B. 3 years ago on Google
    My son was playi6a football. Enough open space for social distancing

  • 2/5 Raw V. 3 years ago on Google
    Too many homeless people here. Atlanta is to big not to have a place for the homeless

  • 5/5 J G. 4 years ago on Google
    Relaxing not to busy

  • 4/5 Kelvin G. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice park, highlighted by the Atlanta Hawks Courts.

  • 3/5 Michelle W. 4 years ago on Google
    Decent

  • 5/5 Jacobi G. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice and quiet

  • 2/5 Sherman W. 4 years ago on Google
    The people were nice but the clients was awful ,rude, and drunk and sticky.

  • 1/5 Jeffery T. 4 years ago on Google
    O.k.

  • 5/5 David H. 4 years ago on Google
    Shaky knees festival couldn't be in a better spot. It's the coziest and we'll planned park in Atlanta.

  • 5/5 Raphael B. 4 years ago on Google
    Great place

  • 5/5 iWish iHad a. 4 years ago on Google
    Hoopers welcome .. This is one of my favorite out doors park to play ball .. Who gone stop me? P.s. leave your valuables at home or in the car

  • 5/5 Lynne F. 4 years ago on Google
    Busy on a sunny afternoon. Good walk with our dog.

  • 5/5 DENISE H. 4 years ago on Google
    We fed the homeless

  • 1/5 Ethan H. 4 years ago on Google
    Fake park, 1 star.

  • 5/5 Donnie M. 4 years ago on Google
    Me and my ex finance

  • 5/5 Michelle P. 4 years ago on Google
    I like the park and my granddaughter to

  • 5/5 Isabella S. 4 years ago on Google
    My favorite park from hood to riches. Hard to beat the age of the trees in this park. Well done Atlanta.

  • 5/5 Matt M. 4 years ago on Google
    Great place to work out outdoors - and this location sadly (or good for the gymnast) is very seldom used. You can do a great full body calisthenics workout here - this is a great little outdoor gym.

  • 5/5 Leonardo R. 4 years ago on Google
    Loved the courts


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dog park
  • Activities
    • ✓️ Hiking
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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